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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Firstly, there is no fucking way this book is well renowned?? This book is the EPITOME of “she wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts.” I am not kidding. This book is superficial in nature. There are moments where I saw, and I felt, emotional depth to certain scenes—but then the following page immediately hit me with some stupidity like “I knew you weren’t like other girls” and “oh my sisters is so pretty and I’m so ugly”.
Secondly, this book reminds me of a very specific feeling. You know how when you used to play dolls and every play session needed some kind of “learning lesson” or “moral of the story”? Because that’s what you are taught? That everything requires a deeper meaning? Yeah. That’s how this book feels like. I fucking kid you not. All the characters trauma dump to each other, and side characters who are given some backstory, basically are the voice of reason to the protagonist(s). They go like “hmm, maybe you shouldn’t run away from your shadow, because the thing that is truly following you is a completely different thing.” And then the other character goes like “you are so right, how did I not think about that before? Thank you.” And then you put your dolls away all smug-like even though you ended the play session in a completely nonsensical way.
And the end? Maybe it’s age regression, that Mari took her clothes off, got in bed with her sister, and kissed her on the lips repeatedly…okay, it sounds very incesty, but you see, I’m trying my fucking hardest to interpret a single-faceted scene…and well, maybe I shouldn’t that. The man who wrote this had some “bisexual is so quirky and I should add some ambiguity to the end of this book because I am so dark and mysterious and deeply emotionally disturbed” thought processes going on while writing this scene. The theme of “sisterhood” felt so arbitrary to the already wacko story plot, but I did see potential: ngl, there were a few paragraphs that I could relate to regarding unnatural distance from someone you used to share ‘the same heartbeat with’…but again, you get thrown back to “WEE WOO WEE WOO, THIS BOOK IS ACTUALLY NOT THAT DEEP EXCEPT THE AUTHOR OVERUSES RHETORICAL DEVICES TO COMPENSATE FOR THAT.” His metaphors in this book are the equivalent of ‘50 shades of gray’: “his eyes were smooth and rich like chocolate or something like that”. I know that’s not how the freaking quote goes but you get my point. WACK.
Bruh. This book was lame. And don’t even get me started with Takahashi. He talks so fucking much. About absolutely fucking nothing. And he’s always talking about the pretty sister and how he thinks she’s so pretty and blah blah blah. I’d be fine if there was no substance to his character or existence, like, cool, nice…but it’s the fact that murakami actively tries to add depth to something that doesn’t have it.
Secondly, this book reminds me of a very specific feeling. You know how when you used to play dolls and every play session needed some kind of “learning lesson” or “moral of the story”? Because that’s what you are taught? That everything requires a deeper meaning? Yeah. That’s how this book feels like. I fucking kid you not. All the characters trauma dump to each other, and side characters who are given some backstory, basically are the voice of reason to the protagonist(s). They go like “hmm, maybe you shouldn’t run away from your shadow, because the thing that is truly following you is a completely different thing.” And then the other character goes like “you are so right, how did I not think about that before? Thank you.” And then you put your dolls away all smug-like even though you ended the play session in a completely nonsensical way.
And the end? Maybe it’s age regression, that Mari took her clothes off, got in bed with her sister, and kissed her on the lips repeatedly…okay, it sounds very incesty, but you see, I’m trying my fucking hardest to interpret a single-faceted scene…and well, maybe I shouldn’t that. The man who wrote this had some “bisexual is so quirky and I should add some ambiguity to the end of this book because I am so dark and mysterious and deeply emotionally disturbed” thought processes going on while writing this scene. The theme of “sisterhood” felt so arbitrary to the already wacko story plot, but I did see potential: ngl, there were a few paragraphs that I could relate to regarding unnatural distance from someone you used to share ‘the same heartbeat with’…but again, you get thrown back to “WEE WOO WEE WOO, THIS BOOK IS ACTUALLY NOT THAT DEEP EXCEPT THE AUTHOR OVERUSES RHETORICAL DEVICES TO COMPENSATE FOR THAT.” His metaphors in this book are the equivalent of ‘50 shades of gray’: “his eyes were smooth and rich like chocolate or something like that”. I know that’s not how the freaking quote goes but you get my point. WACK.
Bruh. This book was lame. And don’t even get me started with Takahashi. He talks so fucking much. About absolutely fucking nothing. And he’s always talking about the pretty sister and how he thinks she’s so pretty and blah blah blah. I’d be fine if there was no substance to his character or existence, like, cool, nice…but it’s the fact that murakami actively tries to add depth to something that doesn’t have it.
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
this might have been an easy read but i will be thinking about the themes of this book forever and ever
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Well this was odd yet interesting.
It has this subtle feeling of dread as well as some really spooky moments. (The parts with the mirrors kind of freaked me)
Murakami is someone who can tell a story with so much tension so lowkey slow that it’s hard to put down the book because one needs to know what’s going on!!
Would recommend! :-)
It has this subtle feeling of dread as well as some really spooky moments. (The parts with the mirrors kind of freaked me)
Murakami is someone who can tell a story with so much tension so lowkey slow that it’s hard to put down the book because one needs to know what’s going on!!
Would recommend! :-)